Lease automatic custody transfer unit

{{Short description|System for measuring liquid hydrocarbons}}

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A Lease Automatic Custody Transfer unit or LACT unit measures the net volume and quality of liquid hydrocarbons. A LACT unit measures volumes in the range of {{convert|100|to|7000|oilbbl|m3|sigfig=2|lk=on}} of oil per day.(*LACTs can transfer/measure more than 7000 bbls/day) This system provides for the automatic measurement, sampling, and transfer of oil from the lease location into a pipeline. A system of this type is applicable where larger volumes of oil are being produced and must have a pipeline available in which to connect.[http://www.mineralweb.com/oil-and-gas-measurement-a-205.html "How Oil and Gas is Measured"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090712021953/http://www.mineralweb.com/oil-and-gas-measurement-a-205.html |date=2009-07-12 }}, MineralWeb.com.

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American Petrolum Institute (May 1991), Manual of Petroleum Measurement Standards, Chapter 6, Section 1, Lease Automatic Custody_Transfer (LACT) Systems, Second Edition. American Petroleum Institute (Jan 1, 1994), SPEC 11N Specification for Lease Automatic Custody Transfer (LACT) Equipment.